How to declare enums in angularjs?

Question

I'd like to declare some enums that should be globally accessed from anywhere in my application, eg:

enum AIState { Asleep, Idling, Chasing, Fleeing, HavingLunch };

Question: where and how do I have to declare those enums withint an angularjs app?

main.js:

var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.config(...);

I later want to access them using AIState.Asleep, so I could pass them as a parameter and delegate my logic accordingly.

Ok then what are recommended ways of declaring the enum inside? — membersound
– membersound, Commented Jun 8, 2016 at 13:13
Are you asking for a way to create a set of enum-like constants? JavaScript has no native enum facility. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented Jun 8, 2016 at 13:13
Yes, probably I'm asking this... from the java point of view. — membersound
– membersound, Commented Jun 8, 2016 at 13:15

murli2308 · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-08 13:21:05Z

12

use constant

angular
    .module('myApp', ['ngRoute'])
    .constant("myConfig", {
        "key": "value"
    })

you can inject constant as dependency and can use it

myApp.controller('myButton', ['myConfig', function(myConfig) {
  var k = myConfig['key'];
});

Basically you can use constant or value.

some references

answered Jun 8, 2016 at 13:13

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But how could I later access them via AIState.Asleep?

you can inject it as dependency and can use it in any controller, directive, services etc

this is not enum, this is key-value pair, and I do not want to duplicate key and value